The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared Valentine Ozigbo as the validly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.
A three-member panel, presided over by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, unanimously upheld the two appeals filed by Ozigbo and the PDPin suits numbers (CA/AW/223/2021 and CA/AW/234/2021).
The court, in two judgements delivered on Friday, set aside the July 19, 2021 judgment by Justice A.O. Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court sitting at Awka, declaring Senator Ugochukwu Uba as the authentic candidate of the PDP.
The appellate court also awarded the sum of N10 million in favor of Ozigbo.
It ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the names of Ozigbo and his running mate as the duly elected candidates of the PDP in the forthcoming election.
The court advised INEC to wait for the decision of the final court in the land and not hurriedly comply with the judgments of trial courts.
